[gcp123]

In the western world at least, we're surrounded by experiences provided by for-profit entities, but very few of them profit from maximizing our attention on their product like app-makers and social media do. They don't create products that are designed to monopolize our attention. Check out the book Attention Merchants or check out humanetech.com.

Filling every idle moment of your life with apps on a screen is actually keeping you from being with yourself. Tech has gone through three stages:

1. Tech that insulates us from the harshness of nature in order to promote our survival (clothing, heat, etc).

2. Tech that enhances/automates our abilities for productivity and convenience (telecom, industrial tech, etc).

3. Tech that distracts us from the human condition (social media, television, never-ending games, etc).

I used to be like you, thinking the tech in my life was only in service of my best interests, but I had a change of heart. Wrote about it here: https://medium.com/@gcpofnyc/seeking-a-healthier-relationshi...